13970 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 10, 2020 / Notices may be sent to Natalie Donahue, Chief contained in Circular A–110, recipient innovation. The additional duties on of Evaluation, Bureau of Educational organizations are required to provide, products in List 1, which is set out in and Cultural Affairs, who may be and the U.S. State Department required Annex A of that action, became effective reached at (202) 632–6193 or to collect, periodic program and on September 1, 2019. On August 30, [email protected]. financial performance reports. The 2019, at the direction of the President, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: responsibility of the State Department to the U.S. Trade Representative • Title of Information Collection: track and monitor the programmatic and determined to increase the rate of the SAMS-Domestic Results Performance financial performance necessitates a additional duty applicable to the tariff Module (SAMS-D RPM). database that can help facilitate this in subheadings covered by the action • OMB Control Number: None. a consistent and standardized manner. announced in the August 20 notice from • Type of Request: New collection. The larger SAMS-D database is already 10 percent to 15 percent. On January 22, • Originating Office: Educational and the Department of State’s system of 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative Cultural Affairs (ECA/P/V). record; the database enables monitoring determined to reduce the rate from 15 • Form Number: No form. of grants and cooperative agreements percent to 7.5 percent. The U.S. Trade • Respondents: Implementing through standardized collection and Representative initiated a product partners of ECA grants and cooperative storage of performance monitoring exclusion process in October 2019, and agreements. award elements, such as progress interested persons have submitted • Estimated Number of Respondents: reports, workplans, grant agreements, requests for the exclusion of specific 100. and other business information related products. This notice announces the • Estimated Number of Responses: to ECA awards. The SAMS-D RPM U.S. Trade Representative’s 250 per year (most respondents report (which this notice of information determination to grant certain exclusion on a semi-annual basis; though there are collection pertains to, specifically) is an requests, as specified in the Annex to some that will report more frequently, extension module within the larger this notice. The U.S. Trade which has been factored into this SAMS-D platform, designed to collect Representative will continue to issue figure). performance monitoring data in a format decisions on pending requests on a • Average Time per response: 20 that will make analysis of program periodic basis. hours (regardless of frequency of performance and monitoring of the DATES: The product exclusions reporting). award more efficient. announced in this notice will apply as • Total Estimated Burden Time: 5,000 of September 1, 2019, the effective date hours per year. Methodology of the $300 billion action, and will • Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Information will be entered into extend to September 1, 2020. The State Assistance Management SAMS-D RPM electronically. For System Domestic (SAMS-D) database is organizations that are unable to submit FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the official system of record for grants their reports online, they will be able to general questions about this notice, reporting, this notice of proposed submit a word document or PDF as the contact Assistant General Counsels information collection pertains only to report, which will then be uploaded to Philip Butler or Megan Grimball, or the SAMS-D RPM, which is an the SAMS-D RPM. ECA will seek to Director of Industrial Goods Justin extension module within the larger limit such situations. Hoffmann at (202) 395–5725. For specific questions on customs SAMS-D database. The use of that Kristin Roberts, module is voluntary. classification or implementation of the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau product exclusions identified in the We are soliciting public comments to of Educational and Cultural Affairs. permit the Department to: Annex to this notice, contact • Evaluate whether the proposed [FR Doc. 2020–04843 Filed 3–9–20; 8:45 am] [email protected]. information collection is necessary for BILLING CODE 4710–05–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the proper functions of the Department. A. Background • Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost burden for OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES For background on the proceedings in this proposed collection, including the TRADE REPRESENTATIVE this investigation, please see the prior validity of the methodology and notices issued in the investigation, Notice of Product Exclusions: China’s including 82 FR 40213 (August 24, assumptions used. Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to • Enhance the quality, utility, and 2017), 83 FR 14906 (April 6, 2018), 83 Technology Transfer, Intellectual clarity of the information to be FR 28710 (June 20, 2018), 83 FR 33608 Property, and Innovation collected. (July 17, 2018), 83 FR 38760 (August 7, • Minimize the reporting burden on AGENCY: Office of the United States 2018), 83 FR 40823 (August 16, 2018), those who are to respond, including the Trade Representative. 83 FR 47974 (September 21, 2018), 83 use of automated collection techniques ACTION: Notice of product exclusions. FR 49153 (September 28, 2018), 84 FR or other forms of information 20459 (May 9, 2019), 84 FR 43304 technology. SUMMARY: On August 20, 2019, at the (August 20, 2019), 84 FR 45821 (August Please note that comments submitted direction of the President, the U.S. 30, 2019), 84 FR 57144 (October 24, in response to this Notice are public Trade Representative determined to 2019), 84 FR 69447 (December 18, record. Before including any detailed modify the action being taken in the 2019), and 85 FR 3741 (January 22, personal information, you should be investigation by imposing additional 2020). aware that your comments as submitted, duties of 10 percent ad valorem on In a notice published August 20, including your personal information, goods of China with an annual trade 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative, at will be available for public review. value of approximately $300 billion as the direction of the President, part of the action in the Section 301 announced a determination to modify Abstract of Proposed Collection investigation of China’s acts, policies, the action being taken in the Section As a normal course of business and in and practices related to technology 301 investigation by imposing an compliance with OMB Guidelines transfer, intellectual property, and additional 10 percent ad valorem duty VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 10, 2020 / Notices 13971 on products of China with an annual by the $300 billion action. Requestors B. Determination To Grant Certain aggregate trade value of approximately also had to provide the 10-digit Exclusions $300 billion. 84 FR 43304 (August 20, subheading of the HTSUS most 2019) (the August 20 notice). The applicable to the particular product Based on the evaluation of the factors August 20 notice contains two separate requested for exclusion, and could set out in the October 24 notice, which lists of tariff subheadings, with two submit information on the ability of U.S. are summarized above, pursuant to different effective dates. List 1, which is Customs and Border Protection to sections 301(b), 301(c), and 307(a) of the set out in Annex A of the August 20 administer the requested exclusion. Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and in notice, was effective September 1, 2019. Requestors were asked to provide the accordance with the advice of the List 2, which is set out in Annex C of quantity and value of the Chinese-origin interagency Section 301 Committee, the the August 20 notice, was scheduled to product that the requestor purchased in U.S. Trade Representative has take effect on December 15, 2019. the last three years, among other determined to grant the product exclusions set out in the Annex to this On August 30, 2019, the U.S. Trade information. With regard to the rationale notice. The U.S. Trade Representative’s Representative, at the direction of the for the requested exclusion, requests determination also takes into account President, determined to modify the had to address the following factors: advice from advisory committees and action being taken in the investigation • Whether the particular product is any public comments on the pertinent by increasing the rate of additional duty available only from China and exclusion requests. from 10 to 15 percent ad valorem on the specifically whether the particular goods of China specified in Annex A product and/or a comparable product is As set out in the Annex, the and Annex C of the August 20 notice. available from sources in the United exclusions are reflected in 8 10-digit See 84 FR 45821. On October 24, 2019, States and/or third countries. HTSUS subheadings, which cover 59 the U.S. Trade Representative • Whether the imposition of separate exclusion requests. established a process by which U.S. additional duties on the particular In accordance with the October 24 stakeholders could request exclusion of product would cause severe economic notice, the exclusions are available for particular products classified within an harm to the requestor or other U.S. any product that meets the description 8-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of interests. in the Annex, regardless of whether the the United States (HTSUS) subheading • Whether the particular product is importer filed an exclusion request. covered by List 1 of the $300 billion strategically important or related to Further, the scope of each exclusion is action from the additional duties.